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3 Medford Mail Tribune i FORECAST WEATHER Maximum yesterday. Mi Mill, today, 25; I're., trace. 'si Kuiu of Snow. V tumor, imi-va-slng easterly winds. Forty-sixth Tear. Imllv Klevpnth Yrnr. Omaha, Neb.; Berkeley, Cal.; Spring fielcl, Mass.; Baltimore, Md.; Col umbia, S. C; Louisville, Ky.; New Orleans, La.; St. Louis, Mo.; St. Paul, Minn.; Wichita, Kan, and Houston, Tex., Other Branches. WASHINGTON', Vc. 27 Oiniilin, Ai'b.; Jiciki'loy, Cal.; Spiiknup, V'jisli.; SiiriiiKl'ii'lil, Muss.; llnlti moTc, Mil.; Columbia, K. C. Louis ville, Ky.; Now Oiluans, ,a.; St. Louis, Mo. ; St. Paul, Mian., Wi. liita. Kan., and Houston, Tex., have been rhosen as locations i'or twelve federal farm loan banks. The twelve districts into which the country is divided were announced bv the farm loan hoard today as follows: Twelve Districts I'onncil. District Xo. 1 Maine, Xcw Hamp shire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Uhode Island, Connecticut, New York and Xcw Jersey. District Xo. 2 Pennsylvania, Del aware, Maryland, 'Virginia, West Vir ginia and the District of Columbia. District Xo. 3 North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. District Xo. 4 Ohio, Indiana, Ken tacky and Tennessee. ' District No. 5 Alabama, Missis sippi and Louisiana. District Xo. C Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas. District Xo, 7 Michigan, Wiscon sin, Minnesota and North Dakota. District Xo. 8 Iowa. Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. District No. !) Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Xcw Mexico. District Xo. .10 Texas. District Xo. 11 California, Ne vada, Utah and Arizona. . District Xo. 12 Washington, Ore gon, Montana and Idaho. Determined by Needs, ''hi determining the federal land bank districts and in designating the cities within such districts where federal land banks shall be located," the official announcement says, "the federal farm loan -board has given careful consideration to the farm loan needs of the country. The board held public hearings in nearly every state in the Union. "Every reasonable opporiunity has been afforded applicant cities to I'ur nUh evidence to support their claim as locations of federal land hanks. More than seventy-l 'ivc cilics nppli- (Contiuued on I'age Four.) TEN LOSE LIVES IN WINTER TORNADO UTTI.E HOCK,' Ark., Dec. 27.--The winter tornado which yesterday swept through centra! Arknn.-as irath ered for its toll ten known deaths, id least a score of seemingly well founded reports of tragedies and :i property Humane which yet is to be established, with resumption of wnv communication to the afflicted dis trict. Much apprehension was felt here today regard in:; the fate of I he state convict farm at Tucker, southeast n! here, where 3"J." state prisoners were stationed. The fanu was- believed to have been directly in the stonn'. path and as nil wire connection will, it was Iot when the tornado first descended, it was feared some of the convicts mijjht have escaped during the confusion. I'ltssentrers arriving" here today brought further reports of the wiping out of a neprn pott lenient at Keo, be tween here and Tucker, with n loss o' seventeen lives.. Aeeurate informa tion on the situation there, however, ij, lacking. The tornado eut n palh four mile wiile. Many homes were et afire b the lightning which attended t!v storm. Later reports brought the list ot dead to twelve. The known injured numbered twenty-three. It was esti mated that the storm da mat:' eati-ed property damage, ol -MjUUfSOUO- POKANECHOSEN!WS FOR NORTHWEST FARMLOANBANK iNT 06REG0N 10 LEAD FIGHT General Luis Herrera Killed in Bat' tie With Bantlit Forces Near Tor reon Capture of Torreon Con firmed If Obregon Takes Com mand, Revolution at an End. MKXICO CITY. Dec. 27. General Obregon, who hastily returned to this city from (Jaeretaro alter a confer ence with General Carranza last night, is expected to leave for (he north tonight. Although official announcement has not yet been made, it is believed that he will take command of troops operating against Villa. It also is rumored that General l'ablo Gonzales amy go north as mililarv commander. MKXICO CITY, Dee. 27. Confirm :i! lun was received here todav of 111 report that General l.uis Herrera, in command of a government force, had been killed in battle with Villa ad herents near Torreon. hi. I'ASO, Tex., Dec. '27. Official confirmation of the occupation of Torreon by Villa forces was made to day by Carranza Consul Iiravo here. Torreon was evacuated bv General Talamnle and his command of l.iUO do facto troops, Iiravo said, because of a superior opposing force. Consul I'rnvo denied the rumors which have been in circulation here for-llic past hvo days that General Francisco .Murguia, commander at Chihuahua City, had an understanding with Villa and had made no effort to oppose Villa's recent capture, of Chihuahua City. Sign for Ohrcgon. Consul Iiravo said that, if General Alvaro Obregon look the field in com mand of the Carranza forces against Villa, the Villa revolution would he short lived. "To use an expression which I have learned from you Americans: "'General Oh.rcgon has got Villa's goat,' 'f said the Chihuahua consul. "Villa knows General Obregun's power and fears him more than any man in Mexico." El, I'ASO, Tex.. Dec. 27. The Carranza garrison at Kl Oro, about Hill miles southeast of l'arral, re volted mi December 21, looted the -tores id' the mining camp and then started south lo join Ihe Villa forces at Torreon, a nicsj-age received today from two Americans still remaining in tho camp staled. MAILMAN LOST IN CURRY SAFE CUAN'IN TASK. Or.. Dec 27. Commodore Kleinin:-. a mail carrier, and Thomas ifilea. who were reported lo-t in a snowstorm in (his vicinity, and for whom parties have been searching si net yesterday, have both reached safely, neenrdin; to mes snu'ts received here. lijlea, who set out from Oregon City Friday to spend Christmas with his father at Alness, reached his des tination today, suffcrintr from ex haustion and hunger, l-'lcminir, it va- reported, returned to Ins station at Mariel, Or., after .stiirtinir on his route ami JJjiidinj; eould make no progress tliron.h the storm. Noihimr was heard here today of the fate of J. P. JVters a fanner liv ing fifteen miles south of here, who hits al-o been missing since Friday, and for whom neighbors have been searching. PARALYZED BY SNOW r.A HA M 1 K, Wyo.. Dee. 27. The Cnii'ii Pacilie railroad is blocked in Wyoming by -now for the first time, it i- said, in twenty years. Not a pawnucr train is moving today be tween Laramie and Rawlins, Wyo. Nineteen (rain are brim: held at varum- points. AGAINST VILLA MKDFOHI"). GERMAN AGENTS AT IHE HAGUE Arrangements Beinp. Made for Ger man Delegates at Proposed Confer ence Sweden Sends Diplomatic Note in Support of President Wil son Similar to Swiss Missive. . LONDON', Dec. 27 A dispatch from The Hague to the Kxi hange Tel egraph company says (icrmnn agents have arrived at The Hague, to make preliminary arrangements for German delegates to the peace conference suggested in the German reply to president Wilson s note. Thelispatch follows : "In view of the preparatory meet ing of delegates to a peace conference suggested in the German reply to President Wilson, German agents have arrived at The Hague and are making inquiries for hotel aecounno dntious for German delegates.'' l'.KHXK, Dec. 27 The Tagehlatt announces that Ihe Swedish diplo inatic representatives have handed to hulh belligerents and neutrals a note in support of those of President Wil son and the Swiss government. The London Daily Telegraph stated this morning that it understood that the Swedish government had sent a note to the belligerent nations similar to that dispatched by Switzerland. WASHINGTON, Dee. 27. Secre tary Lansing said in response lo questions today that such a note had not reached the state department and he had no knowledge of its having been dispatched. The advices received here said the note had already bien delivered in some of the belligerent capitals, and thai it much re-emblcibthe Swiss note which was an expression of indorse ment of President Wilson's note. There were no indications to show what Spain intends doing. HEAVY BLANKET POUTl.AXD, Ore., Uec. 11. Port land lay under a heavy whlta blan kot today, snow having started to full shortly before daybreak. By ! a. m. the snow was about four In ches deep. Weather bureau officials wild tho fall was confined to the nortl. .veslci n section of the si, do. SPOKANE, Wash., I)ee. 27. East em Washington, Idaho and Montana suffered from a cold wave again to day with Montana points reporting lower temperatures than "yesterday Great Kails, .Mont., reported offic ially that the mercury stood 37 de grees below zero. The lowest report ed by the government weather bu reau was 28 below at Havre. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 27. The lowest temperature here last night was 28 above zero, this being tho lowest of the winter thus far. The temperature Is rising. Warmer weather Is predicted, with rain or snow. A storm Is approaching from the ocean. Light snow fell today In southwestern Washington at Port Angeles. TOXOPAII, Nev., Deo 27 Hope of succoring towns ami cities in Ne vada which have been without elec- ttie light and heat lacing zero weather since Sunday, seemed prob able today when the power and tele phone company trouble hunters re ported they hail found three miles of iiiwer and telephone wires down in the Miw-eovered and blizzard-swept While mountains. Il was expected the towns affected by the break in Ihe power line would have heat and light by tonight or tomorrow. FORPEACEMEET ORKtiOX. WKDXKSDAY. sir IVY 1 1 i'V-' WASHINGTON, Dec. 27. Copies of a letter from foi-Nier Premier Venlzelos to General Korekas, head of the Greek revolutionary movement In Athens, calling for extreme efforts lo bring Greece Into war on tho side of tho allies, even to the "destruction at the proper hour of all designated persons, no matter who they may be," were delivered to tho state department today by Greek C'ha-ge Vonros for Its Information. Tho letler was said to have been seized In the general's house uiid waB dated November 2 4. WILL OF PEOPLE TO BE SUPREME IN OLD 110 QUERKTAKA, Mex., Dee. 27. -At Inst night's senafon o( the Moxiiun constitutional congress an article of the new constitution was adopted de claring that the national sovereignty exists essentially and originally In tho people; that the entire public au thority springs from the people and is instituted for their benefit and that the people have the inaliable right at any time to alter or modify the form of government. The article says it is the will or (lie Mexican people to continue as a rep resentative republic composed of states free and sovereign In nil that concerns their internal affairs, but united In one federation established under this fundamental law. The la bor article is still under discussion, tho points debated being the ques tions of an eii;ht-hour day and no night work lor women and children. These measures were added to the original article in committee and a separate vote may he taken on tiicm tomorrow. The labor representatives also aro pressing for more ample protection against capital. The committee report on the penal article, was defeated and sent tiaek for revision because It provided for a system of penal colonies. WILD HORSE CASE OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 27. Kxamf natfon of witnesses was concluded shortly before noon today in the fed eral court here where the United States Livestock company and the Omaha Land and Invest ient com pany are charged by the government with using the malls to defraud by salens of "wild horses" in Coconino county, Arizona. Assistant I'nflf.d States District Attorney Saxton Im mediately began his argument to the jury. UNABLE 10 LOCATF XAXTTCKKT. Mass., Dec. 27. The steamer Maryland, which report ed by wireless on Christmas night that she was sinking, had not been found today. The coast guard cut ters Arushnet and Oresham, which had proceeded from Woods Mole and Boston, sent word this morning that they had found no trace of the gta mer. DKCKMUKR 27, 191f JOFFRE CREATED . I'AlilS. Dee. 27. hi addition to n decree erealiiivr General Jol'l're n marshal of France, President Puin care has signed another revoking Ihe decrees of December'., HM'i, and De cember l.'l, lit 1 (J. The first of these appointed Marshal JoHYe commander in chief of all Ihe PiVnch forces ex cept those in the colonies and Mor occo; the second said: "(leneial Jol' fre, commander in chief of the French forces, will act as technical adviser to the government in all matters con cerning the direction of the war.' The high command as now settled finally consists of the war committee, composed of Premier llriand; General II. l.yautey, minister of war; Kear Admiral Lacaze, minister of marine; Albert Thomas, minister of national manufactures; Alexandre Kibot, min ister of finance, and President Poiu eare. The duty of the minister ot! war is to notifv the other ministers and enmmandiiig geiiemls concerning the decision!- nf (lie committee and take measures to insure their concerted ex ecution. In add it ion, he is respon sible for everything eoueeriiin the preparation mid maintenance, of the nation's natural re.-oiiree-. There ale two genera U ciuuiuaud iug, General Xivcilc of the armies of Hie north and nm IheaM, who nlo as. sores a lini-on with the allied taff and General Sanail of the army of the Orient, who, as already announc ed, is no lunger answerable to grand headquarters, but directly to the min ister of war. The pies-- and public are iinani uious in welcoming (be revival of the dignity of marshal in favor of Gen eral Jotl'rc. All agree that he broke the German power once for all by the victory of th Maine and saved the e.-ipita! of the country from humilia tion and (le.,iij BIG EXPORT SALES CHICAGO. J (i.e. L'7. Pig export sales ie-ullcd today o steep ad vii nee for wheal. It was estimated that Kurope hud t;tkcii two milti bnheis or more within the last '2 hours. Traders appeared to he much impressed with advices indieiitim that Great Itrilaiu was taking stren nous measure- to protect shipping and facilitate exports ftoin (hi side of the Atlantic. Gains in value amounted to Ct",e a bu-hci on some trade-. The market clo-ed unsettled, but -1 to "v tic! higher with May at $1,71' k t 1.73''' and July at $1,U'2 to fUr1. EXPECT KAISER 1 10 Highly Confidential or Written Com munication Concerning Terms Cen tral Powers Are Willing to Make Expected to be Received'uy Presi dent Reply Awaited. WASIIIXUTOX. Hop. l7. Ger many's roply to Pii'sldont Wilson's poaco n.-to had not been re-elve:l lioro In official form early today and officials were rcsrvlnK their com ment until they hud opportunity to study it. Despite tho disappointment be cause Germany nad not nee-'ded to ihe president's sujffstlon nnij. laid down her terms, thtf tt-ncral vlvv pie- vailed that the rer.iy was another step forward In til" ;.eace move uent because It left room for subsequent ncKOtlations. The United Stii'ia undoubtedly l expe'eted by (iermaey to transmit the sense of her reply to ihe entente be! liKcrents and tho immediate outcome depends upon whether tho allies will modify their determination not to enter a conference beiore terms have been-laid down. It wns pointed out that the t uy had not been close;' for tiennar y to lay down terms as the nlllcs demand. In a diplomatic negotiation of such mnKniUido at.il scope, effiilals do not look for K sults to be Immediate apparently, but expect tho way to be pave.', cure fully a:i. f-t'iwly. Tho next move wilt not bo determined' until ui'tiv Un official text of the reply has been re ceived and ciii'ofully considered. President. Wilson will (Umiiss II thoroughly with tho cublnot, probab ly Friday. Tho view persisted in Teutonic quarters that liermany's reply would be followed by a highly confidential oral or written communicatu-r. con cernlnK H:e terms upon whlc: tt:3 centre I lowers aro willliiK lo make peace. 'I ho German embassy, wMch repeated'y Ims inaco It clear t.iat th central i.r worn were not ll'..ely to make nuul. : their torms, had re ceived no tl'I'iclal uilvkes from llerlin today, 'it', definite Information rn KurdlnK l!:c intenliins of t e Teu tonic al us v.as exji:ved. BUTTER YIELD OF SAN KIIAXCISCO, hee. '27. -.More than $."iio worth of butter was the yield this year of p. Holsteln cow, Winnie Korndykc ('ornacopfa de Kol, owned by the .1. S. Gibson company of Williams, Colusa county, which has Just completed a year'a test, breaking the coast record for butter fat production and making the sec ond behest milk yield on record anywhere. The row's yearly yield was 1 , 2MO.!H poup(i of Duller unit her milk totaled .1 1 ,a: 1.2 pounds, up wards of l.'i.O.'ttl quarts. The only cow in the world that hiis Klven more milk than this Is owned by William llishop of Chiimiruiu, Wash., and also Is a Holsteln. Itutli iiuinuils wen. on official test. The Gibson cow has bested the fa mous oiie-ear record of TMlie Alcar tra of the A. W. .Morris & Sons cor poration herd at Woodland, Cal., al though Tillle still Is the best animal in the world for louK-dlslancu pro duction. Tillle still Is a young ani mal, while, the (ithon cow made her record at over Huht years of age. PUBLIC ASKED 10 FEED WILD BIRDS PdlrTLANh. Or.. Dee. -J7. - The t'reon Jih and uame eoiumii'n and the Portland llmiuinc society to day nked the public lo -t-atter ernniti- atul meat .--crap- for the bird tt ho-e u-uat .-uppl v '' food on the Iiu-Im". and urn-- ha I n buried he- neuth the white mantle. PRESIDENT XO. 2H7 GERMAN S FIVE DAY BATTLE il Mackensen Nears Great Rumanian Grain and Oil Storehouse on Lower Danulie Slight Activity Along the Otl:er War Fronts Artillery Duels Along Meuse. .), i ItKUUX, Dec. 27. The five-day battle that has been In progress in eastern Wallachla has resulted in tho, piercing of the Russian lines at several points, army headquarters an nounced today. The Russians wero definitely defeated on a front of 17 kilometers southwest of Jtimnik Sar at. '; Several fortified villages havo been captured by the Teutonic Dan ulie army, and the Russians have been forced to retreat to prepared po sitions further north. A total of 700 prisoners and 27 machine guns have been captured since December 22 by the Ninth army and more than l,:t00 prisoners by tho Danube army. .'Mackensen Xears ltrailu. While the peace discussions aro proceeding, active military opera tions, except in such remote fields as those of Kgypt and the Tigris, are being vigorously prosecuted only on the Rumanian front. In this war area the latest reports show Held Marshal Von Mackensen muklng new headway in his advance toward lira i In . the great Rumanian grain and oil storehouse on the lower Danube. The taking of Fllipechtl placed Von Mackenseu's forces little more than thirty miles from this objec tive. On the other side of the D&u ube, meanwhile, the Teutonic Dob rudja army, apparently comprising chiefly Bulgarian troops, Is hammer ins away at the bridgehead of Mat chin, almost directly opposite Braila, Cleuriiitf Dobrudjn. The clearing of the remaining Rus sians from Dohrudjn thus seems a possibility not only by the direct at tack, hut through the advance In Wallachla, which if it succeeds in reaching ltrailu would he able to take the Matchln position under artillery fire on the flank and rear from across the Danulie. On the Franco-Belgian front the artillery has been active In some sec tors and the aviators have been busy but the Infantry arm of the service on both sides Is being held welt to Its positions, except for occasional tremh raids and patrol enterprises. Some possible developments of Inter est are indicated from tho Verdun re gion where a heavy bombardment east of the Mouse, between the Vach erauvlllc and Vaux sectors Is re ported by Paris, WASHINGTON, Dee. J7. In the ub-ence uf any reply i'rom (Jencral Carrnnzii to the insistence ot! the American commissioners that he rat ify or reject the protocol signed at Atlantic City, Secretary I.tme, chair man of Ihe American commissioners, took the first Mep tudav toward I'lo.-ini: the negotiations. He sent to Dr. .1. II. Mott and Ju-l-e (iconic (iray, the ot her member of the America n commUMon, request to meet htm here some time this week. At tliat meetiiiii there will he reed upon the details for hrinini; to an end the conferences of the Mexienn Amcrinin joint commiMon. The only eouimunicatitin from the Mexican reeeied today was a imto from the secretary nf the Mexican commission sent la-t niiiht, in which it was said that no reply from Gen eral Cuiranzii had been received. Ni:V YORK. Dee. L'7. - Mc-Mii:e-from Ocu. Carran.a are understood to have been received here today by the Mexican -cciou of the Mcxiean Ainerican .joint coiiimi--ion, hut l.uis ( 'abiei n. the Mexican chaiinan, re-I'u-ed to be qiie-dioucd as to their contents. He wji,- airain in conference todav wilh his two asxiciates. IN WALLA A t
